Improvement in boot-crimps



S''IATES T FFICE.

IMPRGVEMENT IN BOOT-CRINIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,552, datedSeptember 24, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. Lor, of Winchester, in the county ofFrederick and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in BoOt-Crimps, of which the following is a fulldescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to theletters ot' reference marked thereon.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a side view of my improvedboot-crimp, and Fig. 2 is a detached View of a clamp for holding theleather to the stretching-bar.

My invention consists, tirst, in the combination of a peculiar, novel,hinged or pivoted stretcher-bar with an oblique screw and clamp at thetop of the crimping-board 5 and, second, inthe combination of a hook atthe toe of the stretcher-bar with a pin in the toe of thestretcher-board.

rIlle crimping-board A may be of any suitable shape, with a groove toreceive the stretching-bars B B B. A series of clamps, E', Figs. l and2, are intended to seize upon the edges ofthe leather and clamp them tothe b ars B B B without the use of tacks, which are liable to tear theleather and also 'injure the bars. The two sections B and B are hingedtogether in order that the upper section, B, may be thrown backward, tostretch the calf of the leg, by means of the screw F, which is setobliquely in order to avoid the leather on the board A, and also toallow the bar B B to travel downward, under the combined action of thetwo screws F and G, which are both inclined at the same angle in respectto the board A. The lower bar B is also allowed to travel in relation tothe foot of the board A, and is provided with a hook, I, and pin D toprevent the bar from dropping out when not in use. The lower screw Grrevolves leather is folded over the front of the board, and its edgessecurely clamped. by the series .of clamps E E', which, as they aredriven, seize upon the stretcher-bars. Now,byturningtl1e screw G, thebars B B and also the nut K are moved backuntil the instep of the bootis crimped ,and sufficiently stretched. In like manner the upper screw Fis turned in order to push back the bar B, and thus stretch the upperpart or calf of the leg.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. The combination of thehinged or pivoted section B of the stretcher-bar, the clamp E', and theupper screw F for stretching the call' ofthe leg, substantially as setforth.

2. I claim the hook I in combination with the bar B and the pin D in theboard A, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE WASHINGTON. LOY.

Witnesses:

JOHN SMITH, GHAs. W. HOLLIS.

